Within parent city
64
th percentile
Elevated
Census Tract · Ranked #79,124 of 84,120 nationally
Westerville Eviction Risk: Lower
Tract 39049007102 · Franklin County, OH · pop 3,092 · 92% of tract blocks fall in Westerville
Census tract 39049007102 sits in Westerville eviction risk, Ohio eviction laws, and carries an eviction-risk score of 5.8/10. That is riskier than roughly 67% of the 84,120 US census tracts we score.
70% of renter households here spend at least 30% of income on rent, a severe level, and 32% are severely burdened at 50% or more. The typical renter pays about $1,451 a month while the average household earns $122,841 a year, roughly 14% of income at the averages. About 20% of occupied units are renter-occupied.
Risk score
1.5
Lower
Confidence 100% · 1–10 scale
Household mix · 100 hh
Burdened renters 14%
Stable renters 6%
Owners 80%
Tract context
Occupied units1,359
Renter share19.6%
SVI overall0.21
Poverty rate3.5%
Median income$122,841
Percentile rank
Higher percentile = riskier than more peers.Within county
10
th percentile
Very Low
Within state
7
th percentile
Very Low
National
6
th percentile
Very Low
Geographic context
Risk heat across Westerville and the region
Centroid at 40.1055, -82.8951 · click any tract to drill in
Why Westerville scores 1.5
9 axes · 1 = landlord-friendlyLocal political climate
Inherited from Westerville
6.9
Regional political climate
2024 county presidential margin
6.6
State political climate
Ohio legislature & governorship
2.4
Economic stress
3.5% poverty · this tract
1.0
Supply constraint
$1,451 rent vs county FMR
5.0
Rent control risk
Inherited from Westerville
7.0
Eviction process difficulty
State law sets the calendar
2.1
Tenant organizing strength
Inherited from Westerville
5.7
Housing court bias
Inherited from Westerville
5.1
How Westerville compares
Risk score vs. parent city, county, state.CDC Social Vulnerability Index
SVI percentile: 21
CDC/ATSDR 2022. Higher = more vulnerable. National percentile across 84k tracts.
- 2%Socioeconomic
- 70%Household composition
- 18%Racial/ethnic minority
- 49%Housing & transportation
Eviction filings
Court-record eviction history
Court-validated eviction filings collected from county clerks and consolidated by the Eviction Lab at Princeton University. Filing rate is filings per 100 renter households.1
Pandemic-era tracking (2020–2021)
- 135Total filings 2020-21
- 1.8Avg monthly (observed)
- 1.1Pre-pandemic baseline
- 1.53×Ratio to baseline
Pandemic filings ran above baseline. Eviction Lab tracked Columbus, OH as part of its 34-metro Eviction Tracking System.
Comparable tracts
Census tracts with similar eviction risk
Closest by Eviction Risk Score.
CDC PLACES 2023 · health & economic stress
Eviction-adjacent indicators
Crude prevalence of conditions linked to housing loss. Source: CDC PLACES (cwsq-ngmh), 2023 model-based small-area estimates.
- 5.0%Housing insecurity
- 3.8%Utility-shutoff threat
- 5.8%Food insecurity
- 3.9%SNAP enrollment
- 3.8%Transit barriers
- 4.3%No health insurance
- 12.4%Frequent mental distress
- 23.5%Any disability
Analysis
What drives eviction risk in Westerville
What moves this score most is rent-control risk at $1/10. That part comes from the wider legal climate rather than the tract itself. Statewide and court-level factors such as eviction-process speed and rent-control exposure are inherited from Westerville eviction risk, while the economic and supply signals are measured at the tract level.
Set against its neighbors, this tract scores above the Franklin County average of 5.4 and above the Ohio statewide average of 5.1. Within its own county it reads on the riskier side for landlords.
In CDC survey modeling, about 5.0% of adults here said they could not pay rent or mortgage at some point in the past year, and 3.8% faced a utility shutoff threat, a common early warning before a filing.
The tract is predominantly White and ranks around the 21st percentile nationally on the CDC Social Vulnerability Index, a measure of how exposed residents are to housing and economic shocks. That is a relatively low-vulnerability reading.
For a landlord, conditions here are middle-of-the-road. Standard screening and prompt, documented notices usually keep cases short.
Frequently asked
About tract 39049007102
Q1
What is the eviction-risk score for census tract 39049007102?
Census tract 39049007102 in Westerville scores 1.5/10 (Lower tier). The Eviction Risk Score blends state law, county filing rates, parent-city politics, and tract-specific rent-to-income ratios + poverty signals.
Q2
What is the average rent in tract 39049007102?
Median gross rent is $1,451/month (ACS 5-year 2023, table B25064). 70% of renter households are cost-burdened.
Q3
What is the poverty rate in tract 39049007102?
3.5% of residents in tract 39049007102 live below the federal poverty line (ACS B17001, 2023). Population: 3,092.
Q4
How socially vulnerable is tract 39049007102?
CDC Social Vulnerability Index ranks this tract in the 21th percentile nationally. Sub-themes: socioeconomic 2th, household 70th, minority 18th, housing 49th.
Q5
Did eviction filings in tract 39049007102 drop during COVID?
Pandemic-era filings ran 1.53× the pre-COVID monthly baseline. Filings ran above pre-pandemic norms. Tracked by the Eviction Lab Eviction Tracking System (Columbus eviction risk, OH), 2020-2021.
Q6
What share of households in tract 39049007102 struggle to pay rent?
About 5.0% of adults in this tract reported housing insecurity (could not pay rent or mortgage in the past 12 months), per the CDC PLACES 2023 model-based small-area estimate. 3.8% also reported utility shutoff threats, a frequent precursor to eviction filings.
Q7
How does tract 39049007102 compare to Westerville overall?
Tract 39049007102 scores 1.5/10, lower than the parent city of Westerville at 2.4/10. City-scale signals (state law, local rent controls, court bias) are inherited from Westerville eviction risk; what makes this tract different are its tract-specific economic stress and supply-constraint sub-scores.
Sibling tracts
Highest-risk tracts in Westerville
Top eight tracts in Westerville ranked by composite eviction-risk score.
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3.3
/ 10 · Low
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2.9
/ 10 · Low
Tract · OH
Uptown
2
/ 10 · Low
Tract · OH
39049007198
2
/ 10 · Low
Tract · OH
39041011710
1.5
/ 10 · Very Low
Tract · OH
39041011766
1.2
/ 10 · Very Low
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1.2
/ 10 · Very Low
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1.2
/ 10 · Very Low
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